HIS 2366 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Jane Addams, Eugene V. Debs, Jazz Age
13 Dec 2015
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1894 unemployed ohio man organizes massive march = coxey"s army on washington federal troops brought in to disperse. Republicans adapted to populist platform argued higher tariffs to keep jobs here. How did the u. s. emerge as an imperial power in the 1890s? . Answer: because we"re stronger and more civilized . ". We want economic expansion overseas markets and trading we want good relations with. (2) educate/civilize them make them americanized . Alaska (resources) first then hawaii (cover of puck magazine; forced takeover) *one of the biggest challenges of politicians was explaining to people why the annexation of hawaii. /otherwedding. jpg was necessary; we wanted access to the asian market. The splendid little war = spanish american war; ends with treaty. Gave u. s. the philippines, puerto rico, and guam. Spain had controlled cuba we committed to backing cuba"s independence movement. Monroe doctrine we started to care about european affairs. We committed to backing countries (like cuba) that wanted independence from.
